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Improbable Defence is transforming synthetic environments through Skyral (Sponsored)
Skyral enables government and industry to develop and adapt synthetic solutions more quickly, efficiently and reliably.
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Companies post mostly rosy results but warn of potential dark clouds
First quarter 2025 results have been dropping for companies in the past week but many of the US results come with a health warning in their forward-looking aspects about the potential impact of actions by the Trump administration.
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Interview: DSTA collaborates with Leonardo, Thales and Safran for naval C-UAS
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Spain unveils new multi-billion euro defence investment plan
The new plan outlined how Spain would reach 2% of its GDP spend on defence by 2025, with €1.9 billion earmarked for new equipment acquisition with several land, naval and air platforms disclosed to be replaced or upgraded.
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How the Force Design 2028 will impact US Coast Guard acquisitions
The FD 2028 strategy intends to reduce the bureaucracy in procurement processes while speeding up the field of assets.
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Vueling reports load factor rise in February traffic figures
12th March 2010
Vueling has announced its traffic statistics for February 2010 featuring a 4.5 percentage point increase in the seat load factor. The airline carried 685,224 passengers …
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BA CityFlyer?s 1st E-190 enters service
12th March 2010
British Airways, in the guise of its subsidiary BA CityFlyer, has become the first airline to operate both the Embraer 170 and 190SR out of …
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GOL reports R$119.2m operating income in 4Q09
12th March 2010
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes has announced its results for the fourth quarter of 2009. In 4Q09, GOL posted operating income (EBIT) of R$119.2 million, with …
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Surion takes to the air
12th March 2010
The first flight of the Korean Utility Helicopter (KUH), known as the Surion, has taken place in South Korea. The 30-minute flight took place on …
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Varsity Express drops out after a week
12th March 2010
The Oxford–Edinburgh service launched by Varsity Express on 1 March ended on 8 March after the company fell out with its aircraft operator, Humberside-based LinksAir, …
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Porter to make Logan run five a day
11th March 2010
Porter Airlines is expanding its schedule to offer five daily roundtrip flights between Boston Logan and Billy Bishop Toronto City airports, from 31 March, adding …
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Increased Kansas City?Canc?n flight from Frontier
11th March 2010
Frontier Airlines is to extend its seasonal nonstop service between Kansas City and Cancún, offering for the first time summer nonstop service on the route. …
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Air Southwest adds to Plymouth?Guernsey route
11th March 2010
From 28 March, Air Southwest will increase the number of flights between Plymouth and Guernsey to six a week. “We’re increasing our flights from four …
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New CEO for Lufthansa Systems
11th March 2010
Lufthansa Systems has appointed Stefan Hansen as CEO and chairman of the Executive Board for a period of three years. Hansen will join the Executive …
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American and GOL expand FFP deal benefits
11th March 2010
With expansion of the agreement between the two carriers, American Airlines AAdvantage members now have the ability to redeem AAdvantage miles for flights with Brazilian …
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Flybe ups Birmingham?Edinburgh frequency to fill bmibaby gap
11th March 2010
Flybe has announced that it is to increase services between Birmingham and Edinburgh following the apparent planned withdrawal from the route on 27 March by …
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Flybe supporting Gulf Air E-Jets? entry into service
10th March 2010
Flybe has announced a deal as a start-up provider of flight deck and ongoing line engineering and training support, together with acceptance and delivery services, …
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SuperJet International approved by Aeroflot for line maintenance
10th March 2010
SuperJet International has been awarded Approval Certificate AFL/047 for the MRO EASA Part 145 from Aeroflot Russian Airlines. This certificate denotes that Aeroflot recognises SuperJet …
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Aer Lingus cuts cabin crew and introduces new pay scale
10th March 2010
Aer Lingus has disclosed to cabin crew representatives measures to achieve the cost savings laid out in its cost reduction programme which was announced in …
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Skywest reports February 2010 passenger stats
10th March 2010
Western Australia-based Skywest Airlines has announced its network operating statistics for the month of February 2010. Skywest’s regular passenger transport (RPT) traffic, measured by revenue …
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Great Lakes announces February 2010 traffic
9th March 2010
Great Lakes Aviation has reported its preliminary passenger traffic results for February 2010. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) showed a slight increase, by 0.4%, at 9,672,000 …
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Frontier lengthens Anchorage seasonal service
9th March 2010
Frontier Airlines is to extend its seasonal service to Anchorage, Alaska, by three weeks and will also reintroduce a Saturday daytime flight. The seasonal nonstop …
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Alaska, Horizon launch travel apps for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile
9th March 2010
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have launched three mobile applications designed for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile users. The free applications are available for download …
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Aer Lingus posts ?81m operating loss
9th March 2010
Aer Lingus Group has released an unaudited trading update for the year ended 31 December 2009 indicating that losses deepened considerably last year. The airline …
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